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Originally Posted by Ernst
860 m/s was for the hispano MK II, that crap cannon that jammed a lot.
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And that equipped all British cannon armed fighter throughout the war with the exception of the Tempest and very late model Sea/Spitfires...
The jamming problems occured mostly in cold air at high altitudes with the very first versions of the Spitfire (Ib, IIb) and were later solved by sending exhaust gases through the wings to heat up the cannons.
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